Wisteria planting.

I bought a Chinese wisteria prolific today. Specifically i want a standard wisteria, but i dont know what to do? i don't want to plant it directly in the ground. If i moved house i be devastated if i couldn't bring it with me, especially if i manged to train it into a standard.

Was thinking maybe plant it in a Oak wine barrel ( 27 inch diameter - 19 inch depth ) i heard that people have grown them in pots before, but i dont know. The pruning isn't a problem its just planting it. i not let it get to big about 8 foot high

I shouldnt of bought it really but i always want one, all logic want out the window when i saw it. i dont think its grafted ( i hope it not been grown from seed ) , i dont know if its ever flowered should of bought one earlier when it was flowering.

A barrel's fine, especially if you're going to keep it in check. They can be bonsaied so they'll take it. It'll be a graft, I expect, but that's normal. In a container they'll often flower earlier in their lives, so the correct pruning regime should work well. It's due its first prune back in the next couple of weeks and then a January further nip back to two buds on each previously shortened length should encourage the flower buds to form. A good soil-based compost, or good garden soil, and plenty of water in dry spells. Don't expect Mother Nature to get it perfectly right as her rains are often inadequate. HC

Do I understand that your wisteria has not yet been trained into a standard? If so, there's information here on how to do it - but it may not be possible if your wisteria has already been trained as a wall shrub, as to train a shrub as a standard you need to start with a single stemmed plant.

I thought the top being pinched out would be a problem, i see what i can do, maybe just train it as a tree i dunno. If only i had a pergola or a wall. Got lots of fencing but it would outlast the fencing in matter of no time.

Hi flowerforbees, sorry to hear about the wisteria, i didnt think snails would go for a wisteria. You could try and combat the snails with copper - Vaseline ( spread around rim of pot ) beer traps maybe. you could try staking it temporary away from the wall until the plant new growth has matured. But it sound very difficult to stop them climbing up the wall